Anne Petersen

Former employee

Prebiotics are dietary carbohydrates known to stimulate the growth of intestinal beneficial bacteria (probiotics) in the gut of humans and animals. Increased numbers of probiotics in the gut are believed to enhance resistance to infections by bacterial pathogens through direct interactions between gut bacteria and through stimulation of the immune system.

The aim of my project is to study how prebiotic dietary carbohydrates affect salmonella infections in mice and whether the infection can be prevented with prebiotics as it has been shown for probiotics.

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Publications

(14)

Published
Effects of putatively prebiotic carbohydrates on pathogenic infections
Publication: Research › Conference abstract for conference – Annual report year: 2011
Published
Effects of selected non-digestible dietary carbohydrates on the composition of the large intestinal microbiota and susceptibility to salmonella infections
Publication: Research › Ph.d. thesis – Annual report year: 2010
Published
Analysis of the intestinal microbiota of oligo-saccharide fed mice exhibiting reduced resistance to Salmonella infection
Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article – Annual report year: 2010

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Most frequent journals

B M C Microbiology
ISSNs: 1471-2180
BioMed Central Ltd., United Kingdom
FI (2012): 1, ISI indexed (2012): yes
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Journal
Beneficial Microbes
ISSNs: 1876-2883
Wageningen Academic Publishers, Netherlands
ISI indexed (2012): no
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Journal

Projects

(2)

Completed
Prebiotics for Prevention of Salmonella Infections
Project: PhD
PreGI - Prebiotics for Prevention of Gut Infections
Project

Most frequent publishers

European Food Safety Authority
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Publisher
Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
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Publisher

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